‘A wise man speaks because he has something to say, a fool speaks because he has to say something.’ Plato, 427 BC – 347 BC, Greek philosopher and mathematician
‘Grasp the subject, the words will follow’. Cato The Elder, 234 BC – 149 BC, Roman orator & politician
‘Let thy speech be better than silence or be silent.’ Dionysius Of Halicarnassus, 60 BC – 7 BC, Greek historian and teacher of rhetoric.
‘Say not always what you know, but always know what you say.’ Claudius, 10 BC – 54 AD, Roman emperor and statesman